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Samadhi and Wisdom Has Non-duality
Samadhi and Wisdom Has Non-dualityJUN/3/ 2023—JUN / 4/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. Since last week, we have started our new topic of wisdom. What is wisdom? How wisdom could cope with ignorance and how can we find our wisdom from our self-nature. I believe we’ve all thought a lot about it. Today we will discuss a new section: Samadhi and wisdom have non-duality. When we went to the temple, we can see a big plaque with the words “Non-duality Dharma Gate.” What does that mean, what is non-duality? Equality, and no difference. Duality is the divisiveness. Non-duality means no divisiveness, which…
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Buddha Pure Land
Buddha Pure Land Feb /04/ 2023 – Feb/ 05/ 2023 At the beginning of this chapter, let’s figure out the relationship between the “Zen”, “pure land” and “esoteric dharma”. There are some connections between the “Zen”, “pure land” and “esoteric dharma”. Last month, we understood the importance of “seeing “self-nature from Zen study, which is not only the ultimate goal of our cultivation but also the essence of our dharma practice. The “pure land” is the directions or places that we are heading to after this life. As we know, most people practice Buddha’s Dharma for specific goals, like to reborn in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. I…
